Konerko's come such a long way in his career, and I'm not just talking about his 2nd half of 2002/1st half of 2003. Dude has become an all-around hitter over the past couple of years. He's not going to put up 40 homers again, but I can watch him shoot singles into right-centerfield all day for RBIs.

Konerko's come such a long way in his career, and I'm not just talking about his 2nd half of 2002/1st half of 2003. Dude has become an all-around hitter over the past couple of years. He's not going to put up 40 homers again, but I can watch him shoot singles into right-centerfield all day for RBIs.

The two-strike line drives and hits dumped over the infield to center and right with men in scoring position are what most impress me about Konerko this year. He seems to have picked up from his career-best offensive season last year.